Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
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J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry · Mar 1990
ReviewIsolation and restraint in juvenile correctional facilities.
Although mental health and correctional programs for juveniles house similar populations, their approaches to behavioral management can be quite different. This difference is evident in the use of isolation and restraint. Both of these interventions are effective behavioral management tools but are subject to abuse if not closely monitored. The authors, drawing from their experiences as mental health consultants to juvenile correctional programs and as expert witnesses in litigation, review the wide range of isolation and restraint practices in correctional programs and make recommendations for supervision and standardization.
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J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry · Mar 1990
ReviewNeuroimaging in child and adolescent psychiatry.
Although less well studied in child and adolescent psychiatry than in adult psychiatry, brain imaging has significantly altered psychiatric research and practice. This review focuses on the modalities that are used to image the brain. These include structural imaging techniques of computer tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), as well as functional imaging techniques of computed electroencephalography (CEEG), positron emission tomography (PET), and single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT). The technologies are reviewed, strengths and weaknesses of modalities discussed, and research progress reported.